There's a clause that as long at Six Flags honors the contract (commissions paid, working order etc) they keep the rights. The only other way Six Flags loses the rights is if another entertainment company buys them. So they'd have to buy WB and Six Flags.
Are those rights exclusive? I see multiple sites claiming they are, but there has to be more to that story because Warners’ licenses their properties to a number of non-Six Flag parks. Perhaps the exclusivity is America only, but that seems unclear. Also, of course, I believe IOA was intended to be WB focused but they demanded too high a percentage of the gate and Uni balked. This may have happened before WB sold Six Flags in 95, and granted the rights in the sale, but it still seems odd they would balk over the a few percentage in the Uni deal only to grant full, exclusive, long-term use.
The difference between DC and Marvel at the time was a few percentages, but Marvel was more desperate and offered the rights forever at that rate. When WB spun off SF they licensed the rights (in the US) exclusively to Six Flags. What the contract now states is SF has them unless they commit an oops or are sold to another entertainment company (in which case it reverts back to WB). So if Universal bought WB, SF would still have the rights. If they bough Six Flags, the rights revert to WB.
I mean, Marvel wasn’t just more desperate, they were essentially dead. When they signed the contract, they were bankrupt and it was very unlikely that anything that looked much like Marvel would exist in a couple years. DC was backed by one of the largest entertainment conglomerates in the world and had been for decades.
I'm not sure if I can post links but a quick google search will give it to you
We know some things expire, but the actual contract doesn't give any specific date.
Unfortunately, the deal fell apart due to money. Universal was offering Warner Brothers (who own DC Comics) a 6% royalty fee to use the company's DC and Looney Tunes characters in the planned park. Warner, feeling like their assets were being grossly undervalued, demanded 10%. (This is pretty well known, as well as the park had plans for DC and had to switch).
We need @lentesta to show us the numbers!
I would love to see standby wait times for months in 2019 VS. months in 2022.
I don’t know what to take from this, or to how to infer effects of VQs or Genie+ vs FP system, or if this is a result of less people-eating entertainment options. But it seems they’ve drastically cut back on staffing and/or are throttling operations?
I believe it will still be reduced due to capacity restrictions. They are working to redistribute guests to “quieter” times but it will take a bit to train people.
...and planning.
